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What is the Science of Reading?

What is the Science of Reading?

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

Guest on The Literacy Dive Podcast: Orthographic Mapping – What It Is and How You Can Use It In Your Reading Instruction 

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You may be familiar with Word Chains, where we cha You may be familiar with Word Chains, where we change one SOUND at a time. Have you ever tried a Morpheme Chain? The focus is changing one PART at a time. Here’s a sample chain: help helped helping helpful unhelpful The key is always attaching MEANING along the way. Morpheme chains are such a simple way to help students SEE that words are buildable. 🧱 As we build, students aren’t just reading longer words… they’re noticing how each addition impacts the word’s spelling, meaning, and even grammatical function. This demo is with cards (an easier task!), but it can certainly be done spelling each part on paper or a whiteboard to reinforce proper spelling! We’ve embedded morpheme chains into every lesson inside the Beyond Phonics Club! Want to see what’s inside the Beyond Phonics Club? Comment BEYOND we’ll send you the link! 👇 @logosliteracyacademy @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom @snippetsbysarah #logosliteracyacademy #beyondphonicsclub #morphemechain #morphology #phonics
In this conversation, Kathleen Love and Beth Coppo In this conversation, Kathleen Love and Beth Coppoc Gunshor took us for a deep dive into DLD and language-based literacy intervention. They unpack the differences and overlap among DLD, dyslexia, and ADHD, including why a student who appears inattentive or off-task may actually be struggling with the language demands of a task. They also share subtle signs of DLD educators can watch for: from vague vocabulary and word-retrieval difficulties to challenges following directions, understanding complex sentences, and telling cohesive stories. Kathleen & Beth both share how they use Structured Word Inquiry (SWI) in their practice as a tool to build language. Fast forward to the VERY end and Kathleen shares a word she just recently noticed the base in! Do you know what the base could be in “adequate”? 🤯 Comment BASE for a link to listen to this conversation with two fabulous SLPs: Kathleen @rain.city.reading & Beth @bcg_slp !🎧 #literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #morphology #structuredwordinquiry #swi
Who else loves hearing & learning about the readin Who else loves hearing & learning about the reading brain? 🧠🩷 I’ve always believed that just as doctors need to understand human anatomy to do their jobs well, teachers also benefit from understanding what’s happening in the brain as children learn to read. We don’t need to be neuroscientists… but we DO need to understand that the reading brain isn’t something we’re born with. Those neural pathways have to be built. The instructional moves we make can help build and strengthen them. Comment BRAIN for a link to listen to this conversation with the brilliant Dr. Katie Pace Miles! 🎧 #literacyincolorpodcast #podcastforteachers #thereadinginstitute #readingready #cunyreadingcorps
“Morphology is for older students,” they say. “Morphology is for older students,” they say. I find myself raising eyebrows when I hear that. The thing is, if we want to truly leverage decodable text for what they’re worth (a practice tool for building accuracy & automaticity along with meaning making), we cannot avoid inflectional suffix <-s>. Want to know how we explicitly teach Suffix <-s>? (…and side note: we have multiple lessons because it has more than one job!) Comment BEYOND and we’ll send you all the details about how to snag our resources inside the Beyond Phonics Club PLUS a free sample lesson you can try with your students! ⬇️ @logosliteracyacademy @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom @snippetsbysarah Shout out to @chargemommybooks — some of our favorite decodables! ❤️ #beyondphonics #logosliteracyacademy #morphology #kindergarten #phonics
Just some weekend funnies for the amazing reading Just some weekend funnies for the amazing reading teachers out there! 🥰 (Side note: I know I am SO uncool and I don’t care one bit! 😂😂😂) Where are my fellow finger tappers — or structured literacy friends? #structuredliteracy #fingertapping #phonics #iteachphonics #readingintervention
Silent <e> has MANY jobs! Do you know the job of Silent <e> has MANY jobs! Do you know the job of Silent <e> in these words? 🤔 💬 Leave a comment if you do — and drop another word in the comments where Silent <e> is doing this same job! . . . . . (Want the answers?! 😂) dance 💃🏻 juice 🧃 peace ☮️ ice 🧊 In each of these words, the final Silent <e> helps signal that the <c> before it represents its soft /s/ sound rather than its hard /k/ sound. Consider the difference between “voice” vs. “picnic”! Silent <e> isn’t ALWAYS just about making a vowel “say its name.” It has other jobs, too! 😉 Stay tuned for more fun with this Silent <e> Series! Make sure you’re following along so you don’t miss the next job! 🥰 @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom @logosliteracyacademy #silente #jobsofsilente #phonics #englishspelling #spellingrules
What if we stopped deciding a word was “too hard What if we stopped deciding a word was “too hard” for first graders just because it was long? At first glance, some of these might look like words we should save for later. However, when students understand that words are buildable, we can make phonics richer. Instead of treating words like “helper” or “unhelpful” as brand new words to decode or spell from scratch, we can help students see what they already know: the base. Then, we use familiar oral language to bring awareness to the prefixes and suffixes attached to that decodable base. This IS first-grade work. Our youngest learners are absolutely capable of noticing that words have structure, that words belong to families, and that the words within those families are connected in both spelling and meaning. That’s the power of teaching BEYOND the base. We have an opportunity to unlock an entire family of words! I mean, why teach one word when we can teach ten? This is what it means to go BEYOND phonics. We’re never replacing phonics or diminishing its importance (it’s foundational!)... but we can build on it: to build language and a deeper understanding of how our language actually works! Want to bring more of this kind of word learning into your classroom? Comment BEYOND and we’ll send you all the details about Beyond Phonics Club PLUS a free sample lesson you can try with your students! ⬇️ @logosliteracyacademy @michelle_thecolorfulclassroom @snippetsbysarah #beyondphonics #logosliteracyacademy #morphology #1stgradeteacher #phonics

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